{"id":66874,"date":"2026-05-20T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66874"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:28:54","slug":"project-rabbit-is-a-dark-alice-in-wonderland-inspired-soulslike-action-rpg-coming-from-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/project-rabbit-is-a-dark-alice-in-wonderland-inspired-soulslike-action-rpg-coming-from-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Rabbit is a\u00a0dark,\u00a0Alice in Wonderland-inspired\u00a0soulslike\u00a0action RPG coming\u00a0from Korea\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Novaflare, a&nbsp;relatively new&nbsp;South&nbsp;Korean studio formed by&nbsp;NC (formerly&nbsp;NCSoft)&nbsp;veterans,&nbsp;unveiled its debut project&nbsp;<strong>Project<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Rabbit<\/strong>&nbsp;with a&nbsp;trailer released on May 14.&nbsp;The studio describes the game as an \u201cextraction&nbsp;soulslike&nbsp;action RPG\u201d&nbsp;inspired by a dark fantasy reimagining of Alice in Wonderland,&nbsp;in which players must fight, claim treasure, and&nbsp;return safely with their&nbsp;loot&nbsp;at the end of each run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game\u2019s world blends\u00a0Eastern\u00a0and Western cultural elements,\u00a0with the trailer depicting\u00a0European castles\u00a0right\u00a0next to traditional Korean tiled houses\u00a0(as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisgame.com\/articles\/423524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThisIsGame<\/a>\u00a0points out), with\u00a0jangseung\u00a0village guardian\u00a0totems\u00a0juxtaposed against\u00a0horse-drawn\u00a0western\u00a0carriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Project Rabbit \u2014 Official Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2aTIVXCUck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Combat\u00a0leans into\u00a0familiar mechanics\u00a0of the\u00a0soulslike\u00a0genre, with dodging, parrying,\u00a0punishing enemy patterns, and multi-phase bosses (as hinted by the boss fight showcased in the trailer), with the game also incorporating escape and survival elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1514\" height=\"846\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1514px) 100vw, 1514px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-001.jpg 1514w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-001-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-001-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The extraction process is&nbsp;hinted at&nbsp;in a cryptic way&nbsp;on the game\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4683260\/Project_Rabbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>&nbsp;page.&nbsp;Apparently, the&nbsp;game takes place in the &#8220;Abyss of Time,&#8221; a single world&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;an amalgamation of different realms. The beings in it are consumed by madness, and players&nbsp;are supposed to fend off their deadly attacks&nbsp;alongside Alice,&nbsp;while discovering&nbsp;hidden&nbsp;treasures and uncovering the land\u2019s buried secrets.&nbsp;According to the Steam page,&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;be&nbsp;able to forge&nbsp;your&nbsp;own combat style&nbsp;by experimenting with countless combinations of weapons, equipment, and skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1506\" height=\"840\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-002.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-002-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520-66874-002-768x428.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game also promises Online Co-op, Online PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, as well as&nbsp;language support for 10 languages including&nbsp;English.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/open-world-pirate-game-windrose-is-a-souls-lite-survival-adventure-made-by-a-group-of-hardcore-gamers-producer-talks-about-the-games-orig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open-world pirate game Windrose\u202fis a \u201csouls-lite\u201d survival\u202fadventure\u202fmade by a group of\u202fhardcore\u202fgamers.\u202fProducer talks about\u202fthe game\u2019s origin and huge shift from MMO to a full-priced\u202ftitle<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sword-art-online-echoes-of-aincrad-comes-with-a-death-game-mode-that-deletes-your-save-data-when-you-die-but-its-not-a-soulslike-devs-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad comes with a \u201cDeath Game\u201d mode that deletes your save data when you die, but it\u2019s not a\u00a0soulslike,\u00a0devs\u00a0say<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novaflare recently teased its upcoming new title Project Rabbit, a dark fantasy soulslike RPG with escape and survival elements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":66877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-66874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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